Word: necked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...army intelligence. Later he was recruited by the CIA and in early 1953 was station chief at Beirut in the Lebanon. Roosevelt's Eastern manner was a perfect facade to hide his role as a covert operator--"the last person you would expect to be up to his neck in dirty tricks" as Kim Philby, the English spy wrote later...
...markedly older in appearance now, his wispy, blown-dry hair a shade grayer than it was a year ago. The sagging skin around his neck adds years to his appearance and is accentuated by a recent loss of weight, the result of his 30 miles of weekly jogging to ward off the fatigue of his job. Much of the freshness is gone, washed away by criticism, defeats, frustration and the cacophony of demands aimed...
...cockney seamstress and an old beggar. Down turns each impersonation into a polished comic nugget; she swings effortlessly in and out of her various roles. Her scenes as Miriam are just as funny: in the film's best bit, Down turns the act of shaving Connery's neck into a delicate game of lovers' oneupmanship. Yet this actress is not merely another talented comedienne: she also has the voluptuous figure and classic features of an oldtime movie star. When she strips down to black silk undies and slithers under the sheets with Connery, the audience gets...
...hers, the emotionally charged impact equals the scene in The Miracle Worker where Helen Keller first comprehends the sign for water. Longing to sleep "like other people," Merrick, who could only achieve rest by lowering his huge head on his knees, lay down one night in 1890, broke his neck and died...
...September 1977. Quarterback Tim Davenport collapses under a pile of Columbia Lions in the Baker Field endzone, on a muggy, hot day in Devil's Elbow. Although Davenport finishes the game, doctors diagnose a broken neck vertebra two days later, putting the quarterback out for the rest of the season...